David Chesky

David Chesky is an American pianist, composer, producer, arranger, and audiophile recording innovator. His music covers jazz, classical, contemporary classical, Afro-Cuban, Brazilian, Latin, and world-fusion influences. His official website describes him as a composer of orchestral works, operas and ballets, a children’s-book author, jazz pianist, and audio-technology innovator.

He is also known as the co-founder of Chesky Records, a respected audiophile label. His important albums and works include The New York Chorinhos, The Body Acoustic, Jazz in the New Harmonic, String Theory, Rap Symphony, The Great European Songbook, Graffiti Jazz, The Zephyrtine, and Urban Concertos. Amazon Music, Deezer, Qobuz, and his official/label pages list many of these releases in his catalogue.

David Chesky is known both for his eclectic compositions and for his role in high-resolution/audiophile recording. The Audiophile Society notes that he helped pioneer technologies such as high-resolution audio and was also behind HDtracks, while his official biography emphasizes his Grammy nominations and cross-genre work in jazz and classical music.